September 24-26, 2013 PROCESS PREACHING: SPEAKING FREELY IN THE EXTEMPORANEOUS MODE Have you ever tried to get away from reading your sermons? Over the years many pastors hone their skills at writing and are able to fill their sermons each week with creative and inspiring material. The problem comes with delivering those carefully crafted …
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  TRANSFORMING CONFLICT FROM THE INSIDE OUT: COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION IN THE CHURCH In this intensive workshop, participants will learn the skills of compassionate communication (also called nonviolent communication) as means of connecting to God, self, and others in the midst of interpersonal conflict. A participant in the course last year said “I would rate this …
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  July 8-12, 2013 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE This workshop is an intensive 5-day session designed to enable participants to learn about, build, and practice emotional intelligence skills in a small group setting. Skilled facilitators provide tools and feedback to enable participants to learn about themselves and to immediately practice emerging skills. As group life unfolds, participants …
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  April 16-18, 2013 THE ART OF HOSTING CONVERSATIONS THAT MATTER Today’s leaders need to be able to respond to a world that is increasing complex and fragmented, where solutions and innovations lie not in one idea, viewpoint or leader, but in the larger field of our collective intelligence. The Art of Hosting Conversations that …
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  March 11 – 13, 2013 TELLING THE OLD, OLD STORY IN A NEW, NEW TIME Have you ever noticed that the great hymn, “I Love to Tell the Story,” doesn’t actually tell the story of Jesus? It just refers to the story “of Jesus and his love.” See, there was a time when all …
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  PROCESS PREACHING: A SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING EXTEMPORANEOUS SERMONS AT SPIRIT IN THE DESERT RETREAT CENTER, CAREFREE, ARIZONA   January 7-9, 2013 Process Preaching is a system for delivering sermons freely without reading a manuscript or simply speaking off the cuff. The system recognizes the tremendous difference between the written world of communication and the …
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  Workshop ID: G13S1037 Dates: October 14, 2013 – October 19, 2013 Price: $325.00 Ghost Ranch has a long tradition of supporting those in ministry with rich respite and continuing education. In 2013, we will dedicate two special weeks to helping support those in all fields of ministry (ordained and lay). Arrival (Monday afternoon) and …
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  Oct 4 – Oct 6, 2013 Fri 7:00 PM – Sun 1:00 PM $365.00     How do you initiate and support effective youth-in-mission programs within local communities?Drawing on insights gained from The GO Project and other outreach programs, we will examine the building blocks which create exciting, sustainable and meaningful locally-based programs. Past-participants …
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  Jun 5 – Jun 7, 2013 Wed 1:00 PM – Fri 3:00 PM $650.00     “I have learned a lot of management theory, in the past, but never anything so useful in the day to day.” -2012 participant “I would recommend this to all managers to attend” -2012 participant “Thank you very much …
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  Online Course   Public Narrative   with The Rev. Dr. Bob Honeychurch